Cult Songs

Some songs make such a distinctive sound that you instinctively know what the song is.  You either love them or hate them.  Here's my collection, in no particular order:

   1)     Long Haired Lover from the Liverpool    -     Jimmy Osmond
   2)     Zodiacs     -     Roberta Kelly
   3)     When Will I See You Again     -     Three Degrees
   4)     Everlasting Thrill     -     South Side Movement
   5)     Love To Love You Baby     -     Donna Summer
   6)     Love Won't Let Me Wait     -     Major Harris
   7)     House of the Rising Sun     -     The Animals
   8)     Show Me the Way     -     Peter Frampton
   9)     Knock Three Times     -     Tony Orlando & Dawn
 10)     It's Not Unusual     -     Tom Jones
 11)     Delilah     -     Englebert Humperdinck
 12)     Skyline Pigeon     -     Elton John
 13)     Da Doo Run Run     -     Shaun Cassidy
 14)     Kung Fu Fighting     -     Carl Douglas
 15)     King Kong     -     Jimmy Castor Bunch
 16)     Stay Just a Little Bit Longer     -     Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
 17)     Disco Duck     -     Rick Dees & the Cast of Idiots
 18)     El Bimbo     -     Bimbo Jet
 19)     Theme from Shaft     -     Isaac Hayes
 20)     Play the Funky Music     -     Wild Cherry
 21)     I'm All Shook Up     -     Elvis Presley
 22)     That's the Way (I Like It)     -     KC & the Sunshine Band
 23)     Alone Again, Naturally     -     Gilbert O' Sullivan
 24)     Trying To Get the Feeling Again     -     Barry Manilow
 25)     King & Queen of Hearts     -     David Pomeranz

To me, these songs evoke many different reactions.

Some, like King Kong, Kung Fu Fighting and Disco Duck make me dance like a clown, while others like Everlasting Thrill and That's the Way (I Like It) bring me back to the days when I tried to act cool and macho (well, sort of)...  Some songs like Delilah and Knock Three Times are Karaoke mainstays--you instantly close your eyes and imagine that you were belting out the song to an auditorium full of screaming fans... unbelievable imagination, really... hahaha...

Some songs get lyrics changed--we used "amoy suka" singing the Elvis Presley piece, which just the whole meaning of the song.  Some songs are the butt of jokes--we used to believe that Trying To Get the Feeling Again was the perfect jingle for Viagra!  The sexually charged Love Won't Let Me Wait and Love to Love You Baby come across like a match made in heaven, and these songs make me emit a sly wicked grin whenever I hear the first few notes... hmmm....

Stay Just a Little Bit Longer makes me tap my feet and El Bimbo makes me stand up to put the (imaginary) hands of my dance partner over and around my head...  King and Queen of Hearts make me wish I were dancing and looking into the eyes of my high school puppy love...

When Will I See You Again and Skyline Pigeon put me in a reflective mood.  While the songs play, my mind freezes up and pauses--sort of like a mental check on the questions of life.

What songs do you passionately love?  Or simply hate?